US Ambassador to Israel contradicts PM's remarks that a nuclear Iran would harm any future agreement with the Palestinians; "There is no connection between these two issues," Shapiro says in interview with Army Radio.

US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro..
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The United States does not see a connection between the Iranian nuclear issue and the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro told Army Radio on Monday.

"There is no connection between these two issues," Shapiro said in contradiction to previous remarks made by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that a nuclear Iran would harm any future peace agreement with the Palestinians.

"Both of these issues are connected to the security of Israel and also to our security and the entire Middle East," he said, adding however that "we do not see any relation between them to which we seek to give on one and receive on another".